i'm erin burnett here with martin safvidge in mobile, alabama. we're surrounded by families, people reuniting, media. it is the world here, and we have aeady heard from people who are excited, people who are angry, people who were emotional, people who were taking it all in stride. just the full monopoly of human emotion. >> they're just very, very happy to be here, off the ship, and finally in many cases into the arms of loved ones they have been waiting for. that's what we're watching for here. we're going totally unskrimecri with this. >> you want to step in? >> sure. >> come on in. please come on in. hi, there, sweetie. >> identify yourselves. >> my name is betty. this is my daughter, melissa mcdavid, and her daughter, cameron mcdavid. we have our husbands and riann and madeleine. we went on a cruise with my son-in-law andy. >> three generations of family here? >> yeah, and we came for her 40th birthday. >> welcome. probably not the birthday you expected. >> it's all right. >> what was it like? >> it made you appreciate hot water, flushing to